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  • 51Fretful — Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant;… …

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  • 52Fretfully — Fretful Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious;… …

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  • 53Fretfulness — Fretful Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious;… …

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  • 54cranky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irritable (see irascibility). Ant., amiable, good natured. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, testy, crotchety, fretful; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 55crotchety — adjective it s the dreadful arthritis that has made him so crotchety Syn: bad tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, cantankerous, short tempered, tetchy, testy, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, ill natured, cross grained,… …

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  • 56grumpy — adjective Matthau s grumpy old man was a tour de force Syn: bad tempered, crabby, ill tempered, short tempered, crotchety, tetchy, testy, waspish, prickly, touchy, irritable, irascible, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, bearish, surly, ill… …

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  • 57Morose — Mo*rose (m[ o]*r[=o]s ), a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill humored; severe. A morose and affected… …

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  • 58Depressive personality disorder — (also known as melancholic personality disorder) is a controversial psychiatric diagnosis that denotes a personality disorder with depressive features. Originally included in the American Psychiatric Association s DSM II, depressive personality… …

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  • 59sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …

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  • 60testy — adjective what s made you so testy today? Syn: irritable, tetchy, cranky, ornery, cantankerous, irascible, bad tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, petulant, crabby, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, peevish, cross …

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